Lemon-Pepper Chicken

"This chicken has fantastic flavour - succulent and juicy with just the right 'bite'. Marinating time is not included. DO try this on the bbq when you fire up!"
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
2-4
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a large, shallow bowl, whisk together lemon juice, garlic, shallots, oregano, rosemary, bay leaf, lemon zest, pepper and oil.
  • Add chicken, turning it to coat with marinade, and let it marinate, skin side up, covered and chilled, for 3 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
  • Put rack in middle position of oven.
  • Arrange chicken, skin side up, on a rack in a roasting pan.
  • Season lightly with salt.
  • Roast for 35-45 minutes. Halfway through, sprinkle on pepper and lemon zest.
  • This is also great grilled on the bbq.

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Reviews

  1. Evelyn, this was wonderful. So easy to prepare, very much a fix and forget dish. The flavour was perfectly balanced between the lemon and the herbs and the garlic, a real keeper!
     
  2. Very nice flavor, although I will marinate overnight next time. I had no fresh lemons so used bottled lemon juice and did this up on the bbq. Pulled the skin off chicken,the outside was nicely flavored, but lost a little flavoring on the inside of the chicken. Also, I added pepper and lemon zest to the marinade, because it is not stated in recipe. I figured that was right.
     
  3. I've been looking for a Greek chicken recipe that tastes like the Greek diner down the street does it...I've found it! I followed Evelyn's suggestion and did it on the grill and this was superb...I've already shared it with friends who like chicken this way. I followed E's instructions to the T, make sure you use fresh lemons! I placed the squeezed out lemons on the grill just for aroma to tease my neighbors...it worked!
     
  4. This smelled divine when baking and the chicken was very tender. We didn't feel that the flavor of the marinade permeated enough into the chicken. I think next time I will try marinading it longer, or perhaps using skinless chicken breasts.
     
  5. Great flavor- not too peppery or *too* any ingredient really, grilled them to perfection. This is going into the rotation of reciped to repeat.
     
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